Stephen Cahoon's murder conviction upheld on appeal

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Stephen Cahoon’s conviction for the murder of his ex-girlfriend Jean Teresa Quigley was upheld on appeal. The proceedings were reported on 28 November 2017.

Cahoon admitted strangling Ms Quigley but denied it was murder. She was a mother of four and was 10 weeks pregnant with his child at the time.

A jury at the Central Criminal Court in Dublin unanimously found Cahoon guilty of murder. Ms Justice Deirdre Murphy gave him the mandatory life sentence in December 2015. It was his third trial and second recorded conviction for Ms Quigley’s murder.